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John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley

American Historian

Born: Apr 15, 1814

Died: May 29, 1877

Century Ever First Great People Thus

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The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. John Lothrop Motley

Great Made Crusades Condition Improvement

A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman. John Lothrop Motley

Woman Animal Indeed Unbridled Terrible

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. John Lothrop Motley

Outward Longer Still Nations Form Rome Century Full Now Career

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper. John Lothrop Motley

History Paper Feeble How Barriers Shows

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. John Lothrop Motley

People Priesthood Says Caesar Nobility Were Orders While Slaves Two

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. John Lothrop Motley

Old Later Faded Tenth Roman Forms Century Away

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude. John Lothrop Motley

Weak Scared Ferocious Timid Persons Many Servitude

The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies. John Lothrop Motley

Band Soldiers Gigantic Roman

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands. John Lothrop Motley

History Netherlands Becomes The History Of Therefore

Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome. John Lothrop Motley

Time First Fall Once Netherlands Crown Imperial Had Thus Since First Time Were Been Rome Again United Slavery

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